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I think AT needs a "Click through and read the whole blog post before complaining" rule for comments. ;)

In the credited blog post there's a link to a photo of the room that happens to have lots of light and is taken from that magical angle that obscures the third wall. Comparing that photo to the "Before" in this post, it looks to me like they had already started moving things around in preparation for the makeover - hence the odd layout and clutter in the Before.

Anyway, I really love how the makeover took advantage of the beautiful windows, and focused on reupholstering existing pieces. The sofa color is perfect. :)

I clicked through on her blog, and it looks like it's only a 2-person household. If you're used to buying fresh and only feeding two people, you really don't need deep shelves in your pantry. Deep shelves can actually be a detriment because it's so easy to lose things behind other stuff and it's harder to tell at a glance what you have on hand (Which ends up costing a lot in expired and duplicate foods!).

In most cases, the answer to uncontrollable clutter isn't to create more storage space, it's to reduce your belongings down to only what you use - and that's clearly what has been done here! To me, the shallow shelves with large clear jars look much more usable than the deep cave-like shelves that were there before.

I do agree with Parnassus that I'd prefer to see the shelves go tight against the wall, and if I had such a pantry I'd probably do spice storage on the door as per weatherman's suggestion!

Nthing the video game cover love! For our movies, I put all the cases in storage and stuck the DVDs in a binder full of DVD holder pages. We didn't have that many DVDs, though, so they all fit into one binder and we don't need any sorting method.

I did find a stack of slim, colored jewel cases at a thrift store; that's how we store all our software/driver CDs. It's much neater than the piles of paper sleeves we had before.

Our door can only be locked via deadbolt, so I have to have my keys to lock the door. If my fiancee were to lock me out or I were to lose my keys, our landlord's office is literally a block away. Additionally, if neither of us have keys, my fiancee learned to use a lockpick set. (He's twice picked the lock of a friend's door when they locked themselves out. I'm trying to learn too, but don't quite have the knack, it seems.) Finally, our building used to be a commercial building and it still has one business in it... a locksmith! The folks over there are very friendly (they gave me fiancee a lock to practice his picking on, for free) and would probably help us if we needed it.

All things considered, locking myself out isn't much of a concern! :P

The set of things that are actually dirty and can make you sick has little in common with the set of things that people *think* are gross. I call it "irrational ick," because it rather rolls off the tongue.

A good fifteen minute cleaning chore is to open up your desktop computer case (while the computer is turned off and unplugged!) and blow out all the dust with compressed air (cheap, you can find it in any tech/office store or department), then wipe off all the case fans and vents with a clean, dry cloth.

Other brief chores to perform as needed: install all the security updates for your operating system, remove all unwanted shortcuts off your desktop, and uninstall unused programs.